{"id":230785,"date":"2026-03-22T03:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/230785\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T03:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T03:21:08","slug":"33-year-old-california-man-arrested-after-100-pounds-of-meth-found-in-semi-truck-in-putnam-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/230785\/","title":{"rendered":"33-year-old California man arrested after 100 pounds of meth found in semi truck in Putnam County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A California man was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wthr.com\/crime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:arrested\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;arrested&amp;nbsp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">arrested\u00a0<\/a>Saturday after Indiana State Police say a routine DOT inspection led to the seizure of approximately $500,000 worth of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to ISP, around 4:20 p.m. on March 21, a state police trooper stopped a semi truck on <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/q3Ye14Fdc254bKF67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Interstate 70, near the U.S. 231 exit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Interstate 70, near the U.S. 231 exit&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Interstate 70, near the U.S. 231 exit<\/a>, for a routine DOT compliance inspection. However, police say that during conversations with the driver, the trooper developed probable cause to search the semi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the search, police say the trooper found 100 pounds of methamphetamine in the trailer and a handgun in the cab.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ISP says the street value of the meth was estimated at half a million dollars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The driver, identified as a 33-year-old man from San Bernardino, California, was arrested and booked at the Putnam County Jail on preliminary felony charges of dealing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(NOTE: 13News has a policy not to name suspects until formal charges are filed by a prosecutor.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Putnam County Prosecutor&#8217;s Office will make the final charging decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California man was arrested\u00a0Saturday after Indiana State Police say a routine DOT inspection led to the seizure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,104699,104698,64118,104696,104700,104697,14896],"class_list":["post-230785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-dot-compliance","tag-dot-inspection","tag-indiana-state-police","tag-isp","tag-putnam-county","tag-putnam-county-jail","tag-semi-truck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}